Judge tells lawyers to ‘stay the course’ in involuntary manslaughter case against ‘Rust’ armourer
A New Mexico judge has told lawyers to “stay the course” on charges including involuntary manslaughter against the movie weapons supervisor in the fatal ‘Rust’ shooting of Halyna Hutchins. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is the sole remaining defendant in the gun killing of cinematographer Halyna, 42, during the filming of the western on its New Mexico set on 21 October 2021. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer rejected a request on Tuesday (01.08.23) from the defence to dismiss charges sets the stage for lengthy evidentiary hearings, starting next week, on manslaughter and evidence-tampering charges against Ms G...